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sea

Meaning of “sea”

1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

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400 occurrences352 verses46 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:26

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Nehemiah 9:9
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:9 · retained source text

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the red Sea,

1611 marginal noteExod. 3.7. and 14.10.

Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:11 · retained source text

And thou didst diuide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the drie land, and their persecutours thou threwest into the deepes, as a stone into the mightie waters.

1611 marginal noteExod. 14.22.

1611 marginal noteExod. 15.10.

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